The ezhavas, malayalam iːɻɐʋɐ also known as thiyya or tiyyar malayalam t̪ijːɐ in the malabar region, and chegavarchovar malayalam tʃeɡɐʋɐr, tʃoːʋɐr in the south, are a community with origins in the region of india presently known as kerala, where in the 2010s.